The Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt abuse case, involving cult-like beliefs and severe child mistreatment, is examined in Netflix’s Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story

This story has been told a handful of times in films and series already, but not on Netflix, who seems obligated to further exploit it.

Evil Influencer director Skye Borgman talks influence, control, and why her documentaries trust viewers to think for themselves.

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Previous documentaries (and a Lifetime movie) focused on Jodi Hildebrandt’s partner, mom of six Ruby Franke, who shared her strict parenting methods on her vlog. But when the two teamed up on a podcast — and Franke moved her two youngest kids into Hildebrandt’s home — “strict” spiraled into brutal abuse.

Hildebrandt and Franke both pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse in December 2023. In February 2024 they were sentenced to four to 30 years, the maximum possible sentence, in Utah state prison. They have parole hearings reportedly scheduled for December 2026.

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The new Netflix documentary The Evil Influencer exposes the horrific abuse Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt put the Franke children through, but it leaves out details of their alleged affair. Here’s everything Shari Franke has exposed about Jodi and Ruby’s alleged secret relationship since the trials.